LOT OF TWO BOOKS ABOUT PARIS 'LA PARISIENNE DE TOUCHAGUES', 1949 'AMOUR CHEF-LIEU PARIS', 1951 1) ROBERT REY (1888-1964) LOUIS TOUCHAGUES (1893-1974) 'LA PARISIENNE DE TOUCHAGUES' Illustrations by Touchagues. Valence Éditeur, Paris, 1949

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Limited numbered edition. Copy No. 443. 1 Vol. paperback, 64 p. text in French, publisher's illustrated filled cover. Numerous illustrations in colour and black, in and out of text. 31.5 x 24.5 cm 2) RAYMOND ALEXANDRE GUESDON (1912-2000) LOUIS TOUCHAGUES (1893-1974) ÉDOUART HERRIOT (1872-1957) 'AMOUR CHEF-LIEU PARIS' Preface by Édouard Herriot, of the Académie française. Illustrated by Touchagues. Paris, Del Duca, les Éditions Mondiales, no date [1951]. Limited numbered edition. Copy No. 1. 1 Vol. paperback, unpaginated, 128 p., 12 off-text colour plates, glassine cover. With an original autographed drawing signed ‘Touchagues’ dated ... 1958 ‘for Miss Fitzgerald [daughter of the famous Scott] / this souvenir of Paris 1957 / 2nd arrond.’ Text in French 28.5 x 19.5 cm Louis Touchagues French painter, draughtsman, illustrator, engraver, lithographer and decorator. Robert Rey French art historian, museum curator, art critic and writer. Édouard Herriot French academician and statesman. A member of the Radical Party, he was a central figure in the IIIᵉ Republic.